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When asked to become involved in UK's living learning community Greenhouse,
Carmen Agouridis, Ph.D., P.E., saw a wonderful opportunity to continue to meld
all of these things she loves. While brainstorming ideas for Greenhouse, she
read a book called No Impact Man by Colin Beavan. "The book resonated
with me in that the author, who recognized that his political and environmental
views were not in line with how he was living his life, decided to make a
lifestyle change – and in a big way. For one year, the author and his family
slowly learned to live their lives while making 'zero' (a.k.a. minimal) impact
on the environment," she says. "What stood out, almost as much as the extremity
of his lifestyle changes – no, I am not advocating going without electricity –
was his willingness to try new things, be willing to make mistakes, and in
general, to learn. Colin did not start out with all of the answers, but he was
willing to search for solutions."

In the same vein, Dr. Agouridis's Spring 2015 course, A&S
100-014 The Sustainability Challenge, is an opportunity for students to learn
ways to live their lives more sustainably. In the class room, students are
participating in hands-on activities related to topics in the book, e.g. making
green cleaning products and building a rain barrel and vermicomposting bin. Each
week, students will also engage in new challenges – which, according to Dr.
Agouris, "some I anticipate they will love, others, not so much."

To help
students share their thoughts and ideas with
a wider audience, Dr. Agouridis created
The Sustainability Challenge, a website
where students must write a blog post each
week, reflecting on sustainability issues,
including trash, eating seasonally, and
consuming less. To mix things up, students
have different roles, which change weekly:
first reader, responder, searcher, and
reporter. The four varying roles increase
student (and reader) involvement in the
topic at hand.

As an engineer,
Agouridis' goal for the course is to expose
the students to new experiences. She hopes
that they, and the blog's readers, will
adopt some of these techniques for living
more sustainably. Are you ready to accept
her challenge? If yes, follow the unfolding
semester by signing up to receive student
blog posts at
https://thesustainabilitychallenge.wordpress.com/.

Don Colliver appointed director of IAC

September 23, 2014 —
Don Colliver has been appointed the new director of the Kentucky Industrial Assessment Center. The KIAC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and is one of 23 IACs which are located at universities around the U.S. Larry Holloway, Chair of UK Electrical and Computer Engineering, was the previous KIAC director.

There are two major goals of the IACs: a) teach students how to perform energy and productivity assessments and b) perform free assessments to small to medium industrial facilities in Kentucky. The IAC has done nine assessments this year; its average recommendations would save $94,000 per year in energy and $186,000 per year in productivity per facility.
To learn more, visit the Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK) website or download a PDF.

Jimmy Ash wins award

September 10, 2014 —
Jimmy Ash, engineer aide senior, won the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Outstanding Staff Award in the Technician/Paraprofessional category on Staff Appreciation Day during the recent week-long Ag Round Up.

Ash brings widespread knowledge of construction materials and methods and construction management
to the department. He is a highly skilled draftsman who has worked on development of plans and specifications for large scale, multi-million dollar projects within CAFE as well as numerous undergraduate and graduate student projects
during his 15-year tenure.

"When you like your job and the people you work with, it's easy to do your job well," Ash said upon receiving the
award.

The awards are co-sponsored by Gamma Sigma Delta Honorary Society of Agriculture, the Agriculture and HES Alumni Association, and Partners in Agriculture. The award is given to staff members who demonstrate their dedicated, steadfast, competent and outstanding service to the college. More information about the Outstanding Staff Awards and this year’s recipients can be found at CAFE Outstanding Staff Award webpage.

Crofcheck to focus on outreach, workforce development for NSF grant

September 10, 2014 —
Dr. Czarena Crofcheck,
co-PI on the recently
awarded $24 million NSF
"new energy economy"
grant, will serve as
faculty lead for
workforce development,
education, diversity, and
outreach. She will work
closely with the
science leads to provide
connectivity between the
research and education
activities and to help
guarantee that
successful outcomes
are achieved through NSF
funding of KY EPSCoR.

The combined grants total $24
million ($20 million
from NSF and $4 million
from Kentucky EPSCoR), and focus on three pillars:
Advanced Membranes (B. Hinds), Chemical
Biology (S. DeBolt), and Electrochemisty
(Y.T. Cheng), with CAER's Dr. Rodney
Andrews acting as director and PI.

Dr.
Crofcheck's work spans all three pillars,
providing her with a unique opportunity to:

develop partnerships with other
organizations;

connect groups with
similar and/or supporting missions across
the Commonwealth;

and target student
groups that are underrepresented in STEM
through internships, research experiences,
and workshops.

“This is a very
exciting opportunity for Kentucky to
strengthen our economy by building
infrastructure and expanding our education
efforts in science and technology,”
Crofcheck said.

Dr. Agouridis' Water Week, September 15-19, follows K Week event

August 25, 2014 — To highlight water's status as one of our most precious natural resources, Dr. Agouridis has planned Water Week, September 15-19.

Water Week consists of a scavenger hunt and photo contest that takes place in advance of the actual Water Week
activities. Contest dates are September 2
at 8am through September 11 at 5pm.

All undergraduate students are eligible to compete. Cash prizes will be awarded at the awards ceremony September 15 at the UK Student Center.
Please visit
Water Week for contest rules and
registration.

Adedeji joins BAE faculty

August 22, 2014 — The Department of Biosytems and Agricultural Engineering is
very pleased to welcome
its newest faculty member, Akinbode Adedeji, Ph.D.

Bode, as he
prefers to be called, has accepted a
position as Assistant Professor in Food and Bioprocess Engineering. He will teach AEN 340, Principles of Food
Engineering, this fall, while he assembles his laboratory. Bode's areas of
expertise are agricultural produce value
addition via processing, heat and mass
transfer applications in food, e.g. deep-fat
frying, drying, freezing, and extrusion
processing. He comes to BAE from Canada's McGill University.

“We are so pleased that we were able to attract Dr. Akinbode Adedeji to join our faculty in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at UK. Dr. Adedeji brings a new dimension to our faculty with his experience in food process engineering, and we look forward working with him,” Dr. Nokes remarked.

In addition to his food engineering
experience, Bode brings a wealth of cultural
experience with him, having worked in
Nigeria, Canada, and France. Two years into
his Ph.D. program
in his native Nigeria, Bode had the
opportunity to apply to McGill. Despite
having already received two degrees in
Nigeria, Bode was placed in the master's
program at McGill. After only one semester,
he proved his mettle and moved to the Ph.D.
program, which he completed in 2010. He
continued to work for his supervisor at
McGill before returning to Nigeria.

He then accepted a short appointment as a post-doctoral scholar in Nantes,
France, before moving to Kansas State University, where he spent two years
working as a post-doctoral scholar. When his two-year contract at Kansas State
expired, he was able to return to McGill, where he worked prior to accepting the
position with BAE. His wife and two children, who have remained in Canada while
he is getting acclimated to life in Kentucky, will join shortly.

"This position in Kentucky is a perfect fit.
It fits my background and my skill set. I
felt very much at home here and I believe I
can succeed. I also was impressed with the
resources in the department and the warm
reception I received," Bode said soon after
his arrival.

Bode was in a pioneering food engineering program in Nigeria, the first in
the country to offer a degree in that area of specialty. Bode explained that now
there are four other universities that offer food engineering and more than 25
food engineers graduating every year. Because of the limited funding for
research and industry positions, Bode chose to look for opportunities outside of
Nigeria.

"I had to think about my joy as a teacher. Close to ninety five percent of
food engineering students in Nigeria graduate and have to do something else.
Only the very lucky ones get into the food industry," he said.

For additional information, including more about Bode's research focus and
CV, visit his webpage.

Agouridis leads BAE team that will participate in K Week

August 19, 2014 — K Week, the annual welcome
whirlwind for new students, is August 22–30.
Led by Dr. Agouridis, BAE is partnering with other departments
that have a sustainability focus to provide lunch and giveaways for students on Tuesday, August 26, from 11am–1pm. The event will drive awareness of UK's sustainability programs and is sponsored by CAFE Environmental Programs.

There also is an app that students can use to create their own personal schedule of events and even rate the event. The event
listing, below, is on page 16 of the K Week guide:

11 a.m. – 1 p.m. SUSTAINABLE UK: EXPLORING ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS IN THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND ENVIRONMENT (CAFE) (Greenspace on the corner of Hilltop Avenue and Woodland Avenue) Are you interested in creating a healthy and sustainable future for our planet? If so, this is the event for you! Join faculty, staff, and current students to learn about environmental majors in CAFE and programs on campus while enjoying great food and fun giveaways! Sponsored by CAFE Environmental Programs.

New BAE Student Branch officers announced

August 14, 2014 — A new officer team for the 2014-2015 BAE Student Branch has been announced.
Faculty advising remains in the hands of Dr. Dvorak, with Dr. Sama as incoming and Dr. Agouridis as past faculty advisor.

Vote for BAE's Study Abroad trip to Brazil

August 4, 2014 — Education Abroad is sponsoring a photo contest on
Facebook, and BAE has submitted two entries for
the recent study abroad
trip to Brazil. Entries with the most "likes" win,
so please go to Facebook
now to vote. Please
note: It is important
that voters "like" the
actual photo. Likes on
shared photos will not
be counted. Nicole
Koeninger, Thomas
Loxley, John Evans, and
Alicia Modenbach appear
in the two photos
submitted by BAE.

Carmen Agouridis is a recipient of 2014 A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award

Sam McNeill recognized by Kentucky Association of County Agricultural Agents

July 24, 2014 — Associate Extension Professor Sam McNeill, Ph.D., P.E., was recognized as the
"Outstanding Specialist" for 2014 by the Kentucky Association of County Agricultural Agents
at the group's annual
meeting. The recognition
also included naming him
as an “Honorary Kentucky
County Agent.” This
award reflects the level
of support that McNeill
provides to county
agents, a clientele that
many extension engineers
may not have regular and
visible contact with.

BAE busy at 2014 ASABE Annual Conference in Montreal

July 22, 2014 —
ASABE’s 2014 Annual
International Meeting,
held in Montreal from
July 13-16, recently
concluded. ASABE's
yearly meeting provides
an important opportunity
for professional
development, with 1,607
in attendance, 43
percent of whom were
under the age of 35.

BAE
faculty, graduate and
undergraduate students,
and alumni were very
busy at the conference
— receiving awards,
presenting posters,
giving presentations,
and moderating panels.
At 29, this year's group
was one of the largest
from this department to
attend.

Awards and Fellows:

Carmen Agouridis received the A.W.
Farrall Young Educator Award for her
exemplary research and teaching performance,
and unique ability to engage and challenge
undergraduate and graduate students.
Agouridis, who recently received tenure, is
involved in research, teaching, and
extension programs focused on applied
research to address current issues in the
natural resources community. She is
currently teaching five courses, and she
developed and administers the Stream and
Watershed Science Graduate Certificate
program. She has amassed a research
portfolio of more than $5 million.

Scott A. Shearer (UK BAE Chair,
2007-2011, Professor Emeritus, Machine
Systems Automation; current Chair, The Ohio
State University) and Larry G. Wells
(Professor Emeritus, Machine Systems
Automation) were named ASABE Fellows. ASABE
defines a Fellow as a member of unusual
professional distinction, with outstanding
and extraordinary qualifications and
experience in, or related to, the field of
agricultural, food, or biological systems
engineering. This is ASABE’s highest honor.

University of Kentucky won the
International ¼ Scale Tractor Student Design
Competition. For more about this winning
team, see UK Ag News.

“Managing Stormwater Using Low Impact
Development (LID) Techniques” by Carmen
Agouridis and John McMaine received a 2014
ASABE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award.

“Mulching by Large Round Bales between
Plastic-covered Beds” by John Wilhoit, Tim
Stombaugh, and Tim Coolong received a 2014
ASABE Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award.

T.C. Bridges, R.S. Gates, E.M. Smith,
L.W. Turner received an ASABE Superior Paper
Award for “Modeling the Growth of Laboratory
and Farm Animals: Part 2. Polytocus Animals
and the Relationship of Birth Weight,
Gestation Time, and Mature Size”
Transactions of the ASABE, Vol. 56, No. 3.

Other:

Matthew W. Veal (Bayer CropScience)
received the Larry W. Turner Young Extension
Professional Award. BAE has endowed the
Larry W. Turner Young Extension Professional
Award in honor of Dr. Larry Turner, a former
faculty member who died in 2006 in an
airplane crash while departing for an
Extension conference. Veal received his
Ph.D. from this department before heading to
NC State.

Alicia Modenbach is the Incoming Chair of
the Membership and Development Council.

Czarena Crofcheck:
Moderator, Session 15E: IBE Perspectives of
Biological Engineering and Partnerships with
Other Societies. Presentation: Utilization
of Microalgae for CO(2) mitigation and the
production of value-added products.

Tractor team scholarship fund begins move toward endowment

July 9, 2014 — The
inaugural quarter-scale scale
tractor auction, held
June 27, raised money
for a recurring
scholarship through the
sale of two tractors
from previous ASABE
International
Quarter Scale Tractor
Student Design
Competitions.

Tim Greis, a 2003 graduate of our BAE program, purchased the 2001 tractor. Greis brought along a photo album documenting a
cross-country trip he, Tim
Smith, and Scott Shearer took to the 2001 ASABE meeting on the West Coast. His photo album was full of pictures
of the tractor in front of major tourist
attractions, including the St. Louis Arch,
Grand Canyon, Las Vegas strip, Hoover Dam,
Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah) and Cadillac
Ranch (Texas).

Greis lives near Cincinnati with his
wife Stephanie and son Ian. After
graduation, he began working for Cummins,
Inc., as a service engineer. Over the past
11 years, he has worked in current product
support, future product field testing and
service process development, and field
service engineering. He currently works in
marketing and sales as a technical support
manager for Cummins' largest national
account.

"I attribute much of my success to
the practical knowledge I gained as a member
of the UK quarter scale pulling tractor
team. As a team member I was able to
transform classroom learning into practical
application. When I entered the workforce,
most of my colleagues had not had comparable
programs at their university and,
consequently, they faced a much steeper
learning curve when entering industry.
Cummins has since recruited numerous quarter
scale tractor team members," Greis said.

John T. Evans III, father of previous tractor team captain and current graduate student John Evans, purchased the 2004 tractor. The Evans
family farms in Fayette and Clark counties, where they raise tobacco, corn, wheat, and soybeans. They
also have about 80 head of cattle and a flock
of sheep that John's mother raises.

After the tractors, a toolbox, a frame side rail, and two tires
were auctioned off. Sales of tractor team shirts and hats from previous years were
brisk, bringing in additional funds. Then, after a lively auction led by Lee Hall from Farmers Feed Mill,
the night ended with tractor pulling by John
Paul Jones, Wanda Jones Lawson, Michael Sama,
Andy Watson, brothers Justin and Josh Jackson, and
John Evans.

Proceeds from the auction, dinner, apparel sales, and donations were deposited in the Quarter Scale Tractor Team Scholarship Fund account.
The scholarship will be fully endowed when the fund reaches $25,000. If you would like to make a contribution, contact Marci Hicks in the Office for
Advancement, 859-257-7200.

Clark donates electric forklift for research project

June 23, 2014 —
Clark Material Handling
has donated a GEX30
forklift to advance
machine systems research
in BAE, illustrating the
opportunities for
cooperation with local
companies and Clark’s
commitment to advanced
research.

The electric forklift
will be used to test
different power delivery
methods in agricultural
systems. This ongoing
collaborative project is
overseen by Joe Dvorak,
Ph.D., assistant
professor, Machine
Systems Automation.
Dvorak, who teaches two
undergraduate classes
and conducts research in
alternative power
systems and autonomous
machinery, said, "I was
very pleased to have
this opportunity to work
with Clark Material.
Their generous donation
of the forklift is
appreciated by our
department, and our hope
is that the
collaborative nature of
this research will lead
to greater ties with
industry and to new
projects."

Clark Material Handling,
located in Lexington, is
a forklift manufacturer
whose truck range
includes
1,500 to 18,000 pound
capacities, LPG,
gasoline, dual fuel,
diesel, narrow-aisle
stackers, electric
riders and powered hand
trucks. Clark has
state-of-the-art parts
distribution warehouses
in Louisville, Kentucky,
and Changwon, South
Korea. Clark also has a large
dealer support network,
with over 550 locations
worldwide in more than
80 countries.

Workshops held for 4-H youth during 2014 Teen Conference

June 19, 2014 —
Twenty-two 4-H youth attended two BAE workshops during the 2014 4-H Teen Conference, held on the UK Lexington campus from June 9 – 12. The
"Sustainable You " workshops introduced the teens to home energy use and consumption. Beverly K. Miller, architect and BAE Agricultural Extension Associate Senior, led the group discussions and tours of the S●KY BLUE solar house, the 2009 UK entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The final activity was sampling
s’mores, made in solar ovens made from pizza boxes. 4-H'ers came away with sticky hands and an appreciation of the amount of energy appliances and electronics use and can waste when "on" but not performing their primary function.

Quarter-scale tractor auction scheduled for June 27

June 16, 2014 —
In an inaugural event, the 2001 and 2004 tractors from those ASABE International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competitions will sold at auction, with all proceeds benefiting the newly established Quarter-Scale Tractor Team Scholarship Fund.

UK's Wildcat Pulling
Team has just won the
2014 ASABE International
Quarter-Scale Tractor
Student Design
Competition, and the
team will hold a pulling
demonstration during the
event.

Don't miss this
opportunity to
congratulate members of this year's
winning team, and to
visit with tractor team
alums. The reception
begins at 5:30, with
dinner and the auction
at 6:30. There is a $10
charge per person for
dinner; reservations
should be made by June
20.

Group returns from study abroad trip to Brazil

June
11, 2014 — A group of students,
faculty, and staff recently returned from a two-week study-abroad trip to Brazil that
Tim Stombaugh, Ph.D., P.E, organized in conjunction with Brian Steward of Iowa State University. The May 10-26 excursion was similar to trips taken in 2010 and 2012, with a focus on agricultural development.

On this bus tour through the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, the group had the opportunity to see a variety of agricultural operations from very small, subsistence-type family farms to some of the largest coffee and sugar cane producers in the world. Dr. Stombaugh’s goal was to look at development and adoption of technology in agriculture, and
the itinerary was chosen specifically by him and
Dr. Steward to provide a wide range of experiences for students.

Four undergraduate and four graduate students, along with Drs. Stombaugh, Dvorak, and Modenbach followed the full itinerary, with Drs. Nokes and Agouridis joining for part of the trip. Iowa State had a similar number, with 11 students and two faculty members
rounding out the group. Family members from both
universities were able to join for part of the trip, extending the unique experience even further.

Those four days were busy, with visits to a mid-size coffee farm, a small family farm, and a cachaça distillery. Cachaça is a fermented and distilled sugarcane juice that is “similar to Kentucky bourbon,” according to Stombaugh. “The distillery’s closed system was a fascinating clash of technologies: A 1900s steam-powered engine milled the sugarcane, while in the next room, a modern automated bottling line prepared the beverage for market.” They also toured university labs, faculty lectures, met with the President of the university. The Brazilian students hosted a traditional BBQ, or churrasco, one evening.

In Belo Horizonte, a capital city of more than five million, everyone got time off to see the central market, street fair, and museums. Next was a contrast in population: Rio Paranaiba, with a population of only 13,000, boasts a
new satellite campus of Viçosa. While there, the group visited a large vegetable production farm which began its now-successful dairy to supply the vegetables with manure. They use manure for fertilizer and methane to power the coolers, creating an energy-efficient closed system. While in Rio Paranaiba, Drs. Stombaugh and Steward gave invited lectures at the university.
While there, students got to experience Brazil’s traditional stew, feijoada, which features nose-to-tail pork and beef cuts.

"My favorite part was the food. It was
delicous! The pizza, meats, beans and rice,
grilled pineapple, and bananas were the
highlight of the trip.
But as far as the ag/industrial tour part
goes, the sugarcane fields were amazing to
see. Corn to Americans is sugarcane to
Brazilians. It's part of their fuel, food,
distilleries, and economy. Studying abroad
in Brazil showed the scope of how important
sugar cane really is to Brazil and to the
world," said Thomas Loxley, a BAE senior
who, in addition to going to Brazil, is a
summer intern at the Oak Ridge National Lab
in Tennessee.

In São Paulo’s Piracicaba, students and staff toured a CNH facility which specializes in sugarcane and coffee harvesters. Following that, they visited a sugarcane breeding facility, which uses the cane as a thermal energy crop.

The journey ended with some well-deserved time off in Rio de Janeiro, where, despite unfavorable weather, the group enjoyed seeing the statue of Christ the Redeemer and a cable car ride to the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain. “It was really neat to see how similar, yet how different things were in Brazil, and the difference in scale of the various agricultural operations. It gives you a new perspective on things. This whole trip was a really great experience, one that I’ll definitely remember forever,” Dr. Alicia Modenbach, the department’s
academic coordinator, said.

The study-abroad program was made possible in part by the CAFE’s
Dean’s International Incentive Fund (DIIF) program, UK’s Education Abroad, and a FIPSE grant.

UK wins 2014 ASABE Quarter Scale Student Design Competition

In addition to winning the overall competition, the team won
first place awards in several categories, including the written design report, overall design judging, overall tractor pulls (including winning
three of the four pulls), manufacturability, and safety. The team placed
second in the team presentation, serviceability, and test
& development.
The competition was held at the Expo Gardens Fairgrounds in Peoria, Ill., from May 29th
– June 1st and included entries from 29 teams across the U.S. and Canada.

UK’s entry, the Wildcat 3114, incorporated novel design features including an adjustable wheel base, which was electronically actuated from the operator’s station.

This year’s UK team was well rounded, with students participating from the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

Student members were:

Michael Blum (ME, Captain)

Charles Crume (BAE)

Brent Howard (BAE)

Alex Kloentrup (ME)

Shawn O’Neal (BAE)

Angela Rakes (CLD)

Cody Rakes (AgEd)

Brad Wilson (BAE)

BAE Agricultural Machinery Research
Laboratory staff Will Adams, Lee Rechtin,
Brett Childers, and Ed Hutchens assisted
with the fabrication of the Wildcat 3114.
John Evans and Nick Rhea continued their
support of the team in all aspects as
graduate student advisors. Karin Pekarchik
provided editing and media support. Carl
King transported the tractor and all of the
tools and equipment needed to maintain the
tractor at the competition. Tim Smith
continued his role as team advisor – a role
he has served since 1999 with an outstanding
dedication to providing students with
practical engineering design experience.
Mike Sama served again as faculty advisor.

Ag Weather Center releases May Kentucky Ag Weather Observer

May 19, 2014 —
The Kentucky Ag Weather Center has published the May edition of
Kentucky Agricultural Weather Observer. Please note that the Weather Observer will transition from a monthly to a quarterly publication beginning in July.

Carmen Agouridis receives promotion with tenure

May 1, 2014 —
Carmen Agouridis, Ph.D., P.E., has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure pending approval by the Board of
Trustees July 1. John Walz, Dean of Engineering, announced the promotion at the College of Engineering awards reception on
Monday.

Colleague Richard Warner said, "Carmen successfully uses a systems approach, with both her students and
in conducting applied
research, where she
takes into account the
multiple
interdependencies of the
many factors in play to
identify where effort
and resources can best
be applied.Incorporating the
natural environment into
many of her designs has
proven to provide
advantages to reducing
cost and generating
sustainable solutions."

Agouridis has been an
energetic and influential addition to the
department since accepting the Environmental
Restoration position in January 2010. As one
of the co-directors of UK's new living
learning community, Greenhouse, she will
continue to positively impact students
throughout the university.

“Dr. Agouridis’s promotion was
well-deserved. She has a very active program
– both in teaching, and research, and she is
definitely an asset to the University of
Kentucky. The Department is looking forward
to her leadership as she assumes her new
role as an Associate Professor," Dr. Nokes
said.

Agouridis's program focuses on using applied research to address current issues in the natural resources community,
particularly in the fields of assessment and restoration of streams impacted by mining, urban or agricultural activities; mined land
reclamation; riparian zone management particularly with regards to grazing; and stormwater management. She is specifically
interested in the protection, management and restoration of streams and riparian zones; her efforts focus on developing
techniques for restoring environmental quality in an effective and economically feasible manner.

While her position has changed slightly over the years, she currently has distribution of effort of 45 percent research,
45 percent teaching, and 10 percent extension. Agouridis has had 33 research projects funded, with total funding reaching
$5,761,190. She has served as lead author or co-author on 18 refereed journal articles, four book chapters, six edited (refereed)
symposium papers, 16 extension publications, 16 reviewed technical reports, 31 non-reviewed technical reports, 84 conference
presentations, and 64 extension presentations (including presentations in Brazil, Turkey and Indonesia).

She has directed or co-directed 10 master's level graduate students, and she is
currently advising six graduate students. Her students have
won numerous awards, including Outstanding Graduate Student Oral Presentation at the Water Conference (Oklahoma State
University), which was won twice by different students, and Outstanding Undergraduate Oral Presentation, at the American Society
of Mining and Reclamation Conference.

Three BAE students named 'Ambassadors'

May 1, 2014 —
Three BAE undergraduate students have been named
College of Agriculture Ambassadors.
Ag Ambassadors perform
an important function by
representing the
university at events in
the agriculture
industry. They also
assist in recruiting
other top-level students
and in enhancing the
image of CAFE and UK.